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Pacer Wins Abu Dhabi Marathon by 2 Minutes, Takes Home $100,000
Runner's World ^
| December 6, 2019
| Taylor Dutch
Posted on 12/08/2019 7:32:12 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Reuban Kipyego took his pacing duties an unexpected step further when he won the Abu Dhabi Marathon on Friday, December 6.
As the designated runner who was tasked with pacing the elite field through a specific point in the race, the 23-year-old Kenyan was expected to drop out around 30K. But Kipyego kept running all the way through the finish line, breaking the tape in a time of 2:04:40.
The pacemaker turned champion beat runner-up Joel Kimurer by a minute and 41 seconds. As the marathon champion, Kipyego earned $100,000 in prize money.
“I was setting the pace for the first 30K feeling very good, and when I turned back to see that the pack was not close behind, I decided that I was going to push to the finish line,” Kipyego told race organizers after his victory.
Kipyego ran faster for the second half of the race after leading the field through 13.1 miles in 1:02:54. The performance improves on his previous personal best of 2:05:18 from a runner-up finish in his debut at the Buenos Aires Marathon on September 22.
The women’s race was won by fellow Kenyan Vivian Kiplagat who finished in 2:21:11, a personal best by over a minute.
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KEYWORDS: abudhabi; abudhabimarathon; finish; goingalltheway; kenya; pacer; reubankipyego; running; uae; winning
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He decided to go ALL THE WAY!
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:32:32 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Wow! A 1976 AMC Pacer won the marathon!!?
Pretty good, 43 years & going strong!
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:35:41 PM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: elcid1970
Well the Pacer was once used as a pace car.
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:38:33 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Where did Cranky old Joe Biden finish?
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:44:29 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: elcid1970
ROFL exactly my view of headline!
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:53:32 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
To: blueunicorn6
Him??? He was still doing pushups at the time!
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:58:10 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Pacer Wins Abu Dhabi Marathon by 2 Minutes
A marathon is 761 times up and down the court.
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posted on
12/08/2019 7:59:24 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Cutest internet video: Charlie bit my finger. Creepiest internet video: Joe Biden bit my finger.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’m guessing he brought in Seinfeld as his trainer.
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posted on
12/08/2019 8:00:26 PM PST
by
bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: elcid1970
Wow! A 1976 AMC Pacer won the marathon!!? <<—
I was thinking it might be a Pacer horse that identified as a Kenyan...
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posted on
12/08/2019 10:34:33 PM PST
by
M-cubed
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yawn, an EPO-pumped Kenyan wins another marathon.
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posted on
12/08/2019 11:28:31 PM PST
by
twister881
(Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself)
To: KarlInOhio
I think you’re counting for a half marathon.
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posted on
12/09/2019 12:31:46 AM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: KarlInOhio
Well, not if it’s up AND back.
How many suicides? :-)
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posted on
12/09/2019 12:32:48 AM PST
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: blueunicorn6
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posted on
12/09/2019 1:02:13 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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